MCP proxy
View SourceTidewave implements the SSE version of MCP protocol. Some tools may only support the IO protocol but we provide a proxy that also handles automatic reconnects when your restart your dev server. Therefore, we also recommend the proxy in cases where a native SSE implementation is available, but doesn't handle reconnecting properly.
Rust-based proxy
Provides a single binary executable. See the installation instructions on GitHub.
Once installation concludes, take note of the full path
the mcp-proxy was installed at. It will be necessary
in most scenarios in order to use Tidewave. Note on Windows
the executable will also have the .exe extension.
Other proxies
There are also other proxies available, for example an implementation in Python, but it did not handle reconnects last time we tried. The Rust proxy is also simpler to install.
We also provided an Elixir based proxy in the past, but it is now deprecated as the Rust proxy is simpler to install (as it does not require Elixir).